Wyoming v Kelby Niebuhr and Owen Soto

Computer resolves DNA mixture evidence

In January of 2015, a teenage girl accused Kelby Niebuhr and Owen Soto of rape.

Evidence

Clothing and body evidence were taken from the victim.

DNA

The crime lab developed DNA data from the evidence items.

Match

The lab was unable to draw conclusions from the evidence items.

TrueAllele

On the same data, the computer found that Soto
matched the victim's clothing and body with
statistics of 17.2 octillion and 2.25 million.
Niebuhr was also tied to the victim with a
match statistic of 2.08 trillion.

Cybergenetics

Casework Supervisor William Allan testified before a Laramie
County jury
about the computer's results.